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Baker↕ | Born↕ | Country↕ | Bakery/Platform↕ | Specialty↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hollywood | 1,966 | United Kingdom | The Great British Bake Off | Breads | GBBO judge, handshake of approval, authored bread books, bakery training at Dorchester |
| Mary Berry | 1,935 | United Kingdom | The Great British Bake Off | British cakes | National treasure, original GBBO judge, Victoria sponge authority, 80+ cookbooks |
| Peter Reinhart | 1,950 | United States | Johnson & Wales | Artisan breads | The Bread Baker's Apprentice, Whole Grain Breads, bread-baking educator and author |
| Jim Lahey | 1,964 | United States | Sullivan Street Bakery NYC | No-knead bread | Invented no-knead bread method popularized by NYT, opened Sullivan Street, pizza al taglio |
| Chad Robertson | 1,971 | United States | Tartine Bakery SF | Sourdough | Tartine co-founder, country loaf worshipped worldwide, wrote Tartine Bread bible |
| Nancy Silverton | 1,954 | United States | La Brea Bakery | Sourdough | La Brea Bakery founder (sold 1989), Mozza restaurants, James Beard Outstanding Chef 2014 |
| Apollonia Poilane | 1,984 | France | Poilane Paris | Miche de campagne | Third generation Poilane, wood-fired 1.9kg country loaf, took over at 18 after parents' death |
| Richard Bertinet | 1,963 | France/UK | Bertinet Bakery Bath | French breads | Dough and Crust books, Bertinet Kitchen cooking school, French technique evangelist |
| Ken Forkish | 1,958 | United States | Ken's Artisan Bakery Portland | Sourdough and pizza | Flour Water Salt Yeast book, beloved Portland bakery, rigorous recipe approach |
| Sarah Owens | 1,980 | United States | BK17 Bakery | Sourdough with heirloom grains | Sourdough book (James Beard winner), heritage grains, floral-infused breads |
| Joanne Chang | 1,969 | United States | Flour Bakery Boston | Sticky buns | Flour Bakery founder, famous sticky buns beat Bobby Flay throwdown, Harvard math grad |
| Claire Saffitz | 1,986 | United States | Dessert Person | Desserts and pastries | Bon Appetit Gourmet Makes star, Dessert Person cookbook and YouTube channel |
| Nadiya Hussain | 1,984 | United Kingdom | BBC Nadiya's Time to Eat | Cross-cultural baking | GBBO 2015 winner, baked Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday cake, multiple BBC series |
| Prue Leith | 1,940 | South Africa/UK | The Great British Bake Off | British and French | GBBO judge since 2017, Leith's School of Food and Wine, restaurateur and novelist |
| Rose Levy Beranbaum | 1,944 | United States | Author | Cakes | The Cake Bible, obsessive scientific approach to baking, multiple James Beard awards |
| Dan Lepard | 1,965 | Australia/UK | Baker and Spice | Sourdough and short breads | The Handmade Loaf, Short and Sweet, Guardian baking columnist, gentle dough approach |
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